Healing His Heart

Chapter 10

A/N: Sorry it's been a while guys, I've been really busy lately...

Severus Snape didn't know where he was going, all he knew was that he needed to get away.

He was still shaky from his dream, in which he had watched remorsefully as Voldemort tortured innocent people, before finally killing Helena.

He had been mortified when he had realised he had woken and had pinned Helena against the mattress of her bed.

Severus breathed in deeply and stared up at the Whomping Willow, he realised where he wanted to go.

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Helena rushed to her closet and got changed into black jeans and a tight fitting navy coloured singlet. She tugged on her boots and quickly left her chambers in pursuit of Severus, her hair still ruffled from bed.

She rushed out of the dungeons, she had a faint idea where he might have gone after whatever nightmare he'd suffered.

Her boots tapped loudly on the stone floor as she rushed up to the Great Hall where she exited the castle and headed towards the Whomping Willow.

Helena quickly came to a halt when it's branches began to swing towards her, she had gotten too close.

"Immobulus!" She cried and pointed her wand at the branches.

She walked over to the entrance and stumbled inside. She sighed and stood up, lighting her wand so that she could see in the dusty tunnel.

Helena cautiously stepped forward and began to slowly navigate the passage until she noticed drops of fresh blood on the ground.

Severus.

She broke into a fastened pace as she followed the trail of bloody and came to room with an open door.

Inside, kneeling with his head in his hands was Severus. He was covered in cuts and bruises, and his robes had tears in them.

Helena gasped and slowly approached the injured wizard, "Severus?"

Severus's head snapped toward her and she noticed his eyes were brimming with tears that threatened to spill.

"I'm sorry," Severus whispered as Helena crouched down beside him.

Resting her hands on his thighs, Helena smiled sadly at him, "You do not need to apologise Severus."

Severus wiped at his eyes with dirty fingers, Helena pried them away and used her own fingers to wipe his face.

"I'm sorry for scaring you Helena, I never meant to hurt you," Severus murmured sadly.

Helena pulled the shaken wizard into her chest, his head rested against the swell of her breasts as she rubbed his back in a circular motion.

"You didn't hurt me Severus, and I know you never would. I wasn't scared of you either, I was scared for you," she said reassuringly.

Helena looked around the dusty room before her eyes landed on a large patch of dried blood next to her and Severus.

She almost threw up when she realised it was Severus's from the night he had almost died.

"Severus why did you come here?" She asked him nervously.

Severus pulled away from her and kneeled in front of her once more, "I dreamt that he was torturing innocent people while I watched, and then he killed you. I came here because I needed reassurance of that night, the night when he was finally destroyed."

Helena understood, "He's gone Severus, you're safe and I'm not going anywhere."

Severus nodded and gave her a small smile, "Thank you for coming here."

Helena shrugged, "Well I couldn't leave you out here all night could I?"

Severus shook his head and smiled once more, "That's not what I meant witch, I meant Hogwarts. Thank you for coming to Hogwarts, you have brightened my life so much, you make me happy."

"As you have mine," Helena said with a smile.

Severus leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on the young witch's lips, as he deepened it, Helena pulled away and shook her head, "Can we continue this in my chambers? I feel uncomfortable being so close to where you almost died."

Severus laughed softly, "Plus we're both filthy now from my blood."

Helena frowned at him, and Severus put his hands up, "Please don't start on that Lena, I already know that I was stupid to get attacked by a tree."

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"Get those bloody clothes off Severus and go to the bathroom," Helena ordered as they arrived back in her chambers.

Severus left his boots at the door and then made his to the bathroom while Helena got her medical kit from the kitchen.

She then slipped off her jeans which were covered in dirt and a small amount of blood.

Upon entering the bathroom, Helena tossed her jeans in the bathtub and waited as Severus stripped down to his boxers.

Helena wet a cloth and wiped the dirt and blood from all his cuts and applied Essence of Dittany to them all. She then applied a paste to his bruises and watched happily as they instantly faded.

Severus then took shower and returned to bed where he waited for Helena to join him.

Helena emerged from the bathroom ten minutes later after having a shower, she crawled into bed beside Severus and rested her head upon his chest.

Holding the young witch close to him, Severus drifted off into a peaceful sleep which was free of nightmares.

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